Канадалық актер Яни Геллман туралы

Canadian actor

Yani Gellman (born September 2, 1985) is a Canadian film and television actor, known for playing Paolo Valisari in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Garrett Reynolds in Pretty Little Liars and Diego Flores in 90210.

Gellman was born in Miami, Florida, to a Canadian father and an Australian mother, and lived in North York, Canada. He is of Jewish Russian, English, and Spanish descent. He was named after a family friend, writer Jan Yoors. His father was a reporter, and the family frequently moved during Gellman's childhood, living in Australia, Spain, and Texas before settling in Toronto. Gellman speaks Spanish, having learned it during his time living in Spain. He has a university degree in political science.

Gellman's acting debut was in a 1998 episode of the television series, Animorphs. After appearing in several more television productions, he was cast in supporting roles in the 2000 film, Urban Legends: Final Cut and in 2001's Jason X. In both films, his characters eventually became victims of serial killers. He appeared in 2002's The Matthew Shepard Story as Pablo, the love interest of the title character. Gellman became known among teenage audiences after playing the part of Paolo Valisari, an Italian pop singer and the main antagonist of 2003's The Lizzie McGuire Movie. He has been cast in the Canadian series Monster Warriors. From 2008 to 2012 he played Rafe Torres in the long running soap opera, The Young and the Restless. Gellman has also appeared as a model in numerous print ads, including Omega watches. He made a cameo in Degrassi Goes Hollywood, as well as playing Pete in multiple episodes of "Greek". He has recently played the role of police officer, Garrett Reynolds in hit TV show Pretty Little Liars. He has also starred as Diego in the hit TV show 90210. In 2017, Gellman appeared in the underwater survival thriller film 47 Meters Down which was released in theaters on 16 June 2017.

Year Title Role Notes1998 Goosebumps Young Man 2 episodes Animorphs Brad Episode: "The Forgotten" 2000 The Famous Jett Jackson JB Follower Episode: "What You Wish For" 2001 Blue Murder Patrick Lee Episode: "All Saints" Sex, Lies & Obsession RomeoTelevision film Boss of Bosses Young Paul Castellano2002 The Matthew Shepard Story Pablo Mentors King Tutankhamen Episode: "Cursed" Tru Confessions Billy Television film Guinevere Jones Michael Medina Lead role (26 episodes) 2003–2004 Wild Card Ryder Recurring role, 8 episodes 2006–2007 Monster Warriors Antonio Lead role 2007 Trapped Carlitos Documentary series 2008–2012 The Young and the Restless Rafe Torres 86 episodes2009 Degrassi Goes Hollywood The Shores Boy Television film Lincoln Heights Marco Gutierrez 2 episodes 2010 Greek Pete / Omega Chi 3 episodes 2011–2012 Pretty Little Liars Officer Garrett Reynolds Recurring role (23 episodes)2012 90210 Diego Flores 7 episodes The Mentalist Julian Gallego Episode: "Devil's Cherry" Beauty & the Beast Sam Episode: "All In"2013 Criminal Minds Mitchell Ruiz Episode: "Broken" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Doug Lasky Episode: "Ghosts of the Past" The Client List Diego Shankman Episode: "I Miss Back Then" Category 5 Pete Keller Television film2014 Castle Manny Castro Episode: "Law & Boarder" Major Crimes Dante Episode: "Major Crimes" 2015 Trigger Point Jared Church Television film Blood & Oil A. J. Menendez Episode: "Pilot" iZombie Gabriel 2 episodes CSI: Cyber Jackson Richmond Episode: "Shades of Grey"2017 The Psycho She Met Online Tyler HexleyTelevision film The Saint Doyle Cosentino 2018 Dynasty Manuel 3 episodes 2019 Bosch Jose Esquivel Jr. 4 episodes